Improvement in removable carriage-fronts



-ing had to the accompanying drawings, and

' parts of the folding front attached to each UNITED STATES.

' ATENT -OFFICE.

CHARLES F. ABRIGHT AND LEWVIS B'URKI'IARD, OF POTTSVILLE, PENN-SYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT lN REMOVABLE CARRlAGE-FRONTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 33,326, dated September24, 1861.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES F. ABRIGHT and LEWIS BURKHARD, ofPottsville, Schuylkill county, in the State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Im provement in Adjustable Fronts forCarriages; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference beto the letters ofreference markedthereon, the same letters in each figure representing like parts.

Figure l is a front view with the invention elevated so as to close thefront of the earriage. Fig. 2 is a front view with the improvement letdown and the front of the carriage open. Fig. 3 is aside elevation. Fig.4 shows an elevation the reverse of that shown in Fig. 1..

The nature of our invention consistsin the manner of closing the frontsof carriages.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill describe its construction and operation.

In 1, A represents the posts of the top frame; B, the dash-board; O, thefront view of the bottom of the carriage; a, the different other and tothe strip D by folding hinges b; c, the glass windows; d, the pins inthe top cross-piece A, which pinslet into the top edge of the upperportion of the folding front a; e, in Fig. 4, springs; f, a hole throughwhich the reins pass to the driver.

In the operation of the invention it will be seen that to close thefront of the carriage the folding front is turned up to the positionshown in Fig. 1, and the pins 01 fit into holes in the upper edge of thetop piece a of the folding front. The front is then pressed out until itfits closely up to the frame-posts A, when the springs c cat-ch intothem. The front is then held firmly in place and the reins are passedthrough the hole f to the driver, the front of the carriage being closedagainst wind, rain, and cold. When it is desired to drive with the frontopen, the springs e are pressed inward, detaching them from their holdin frame A, and a slight pressure from the outside on the folding frontwill detach it from positiou,so that it can be folded up, as seen inFigs. 2 and 8, out of the way,

fitting snugly and neatly in front of the driver,

thus avoiding any inconvenience to persons in the carriage. r

We are aware that the fronts of carriages have been closed by variousmeans; butthese, in comparison with our invention, are costly andinconvenient, difiicult in operation, and not so eifective for thepurposes designed. Besides this, our front is not only neater and moredurable than any front we have EH81. known, but is entirely dissimilarin construction and operation.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hinged or folding movable front for carriages, dispensing withaprons, constructed and operating as set forth, and for the purposesdescribed.

(1. F. ABRIGHT.

. LEWIS BURKHARD.

Vitnesses:

LEWIS REESER, JOHN C. CONRAD, J OHN G. BROWN.

